Daguerreotype: CA27 1842-04-25-1848

Collection: Private collection, United Kingdom VIII i
Language: English
Type: European
Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/1c9cdadb-dffd-5193-e8fe-e3e07e24a229

Summary

Identification

CA27

Dated

Source
Begin: 1842-04-25
End: 1848

Image description

Head and shoulders portrait of a man

Tags

man; portrait; jacket; bow tie

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Beard_(photographer)
http://www.photolondon.org.uk/pages/details.asp?pid=529
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp06664/richard-beard
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=2065

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Object

Subject location

London

Identification

CA27

Dated

Source
Begin: 1842-04-25
End: 1848

Number of plates

Assessments

Provenance

Image description

Head and shoulders portrait of a man

Subject name

Inscription

Printed label on verso: 'BEARD'S PATENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS TAKEN AT 85 King William Street, City 34 Parliament Street, Westminster, AND Royal Polytechnic Institution, 309, REGENT STREET BEARD PATENTEE in the metal of the bow below the hanging ring.

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

Stereo plates

Housing size

Height: 3,327.4 mm / 131 inch
Width: 2,997.2 mm / 118 inch
Depth: 279.4 mm / 11 inch

Window shape

Rectangle

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: Private collection, United Kingdom VIII
Description: A privately owned collection acquired over the past few decades.

Creator

Name: Beard, Richard
notes: Mit Beard in London beginnt in Europa die Periode der daguerreschen Ateliers, sein Etablissement war das erste professionelle Fotostudio auf dem Kontinent (März 1841). Er hatte das Patent zum Daguerreotypieren in England und eröffnete in rascher Folge eine Zahl von Ateliers.
nationality: United Kingdom

Assessment

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Housing

Mat

Case

Rails decoration remarks

Cover

Rails

Decoration remarks

Binding

Frame

Material: Wood
Colour: Black

Finishing paper

Backing

Material: Paper label
description: Red printed paper label
Label annotations: BEARD'S PATENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS TAKEN AT 85 King William Street City 34 Parliament Street, Westminster, AND Royal Polytechnic Institution 3.. REGENT STREET

Cover glass